Revenues soared to $55 million, from $5.4 million in the first quarter of 1995.

Net income from the company's noncontrolling stake in the Russian oil company soared 55 percent to $387 million in the quarter.

According to Morningstar, the average precious-metals fund rose 14.6 percent as gold prices soared in the third quarter.

Sales soared 46 percent, to $3.92 billion, in the quarter.

Its stock, which traded as low as $102.75 last year, soared to a record high of $203 in the first quarter.

Mr. Duncan also pointed out that energy prices soared in the fourth quarter of 2000.

Market research company Solarbuzz reports that global demand for solar power soared by 54 percent in the second quarter of 2010.

Shell Oil's earnings soared 11-fold in the first quarter, largely because of a one-time gain of $900 million.

The prices of the securities of these companies soared in the first quarter.

For example, the West German stock market soared to new highs at the end of last year and again in the first quarter.